2021 - 2nd Quarter
Time for Pushback Against the PRC
The world is slowly changing from a global village paradigm to that of a global home. It is a major paradigm shift and one requires that all nations not only are involved and but also are responsible players. ...
Asia’s Past Unmasks PRC Hegemony
In 2013, when China first promoted its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and later its Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI), there was a haunting déjà vu feeling about it. There still is. ...
Taiwan’s Kinmen and Matsu Challenge
Chiseled into rock in Kinmen County’s Jinhu Township are the Chinese characters for one of Chiang Kai-shek’s favorite memes. Translated they read: “Remember our days at Ju,” referencing the Warring States period when the armies of the state of Qi had been forced to retreat to the city of Ju. Once there, they regrouped and came back to regain their lost territory. ...
Taiwan’s Challenge: a New Constitution
Taiwan needs a new constitution! It has needed one since the end of World War II when its citizens should have had the right of self-determination like any other colonials. That is when its current “limbo status” was created and from which, it continues. ...
Capabilities to Strike China Needed
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has over the past few months continued to escalate its hegemonic rhetoric and increase its incursions into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone. ...
Power and Succession—Taiwan, China, and Asia
For any nation in today’s world, two issues are salient: “Who rules the nation and so controls the national power, and how is that power successively transferred?” ...
Taiwan Needs Strong Statements on its China Problem
Leaders and citizens use slogans and phrases to capture the inspirational ideas and spirit that they feel their causes need during challenging and difficult times. ...